SHORELINE RESTORATION PLAN For Lewis County and The Cities of Centralia, Morton and Winlock Prepared by: Lewis County Community Development Ecology Grant # G1200468 March 2016 SHORELINE RESTORATION PLAN For Lewis County and The Cities of Centralia, Morton and Winlock Prepared by Lewis County Community Development 2025 Northeast Kresky Avenue Chehalis, Washington 98532 With Assistance from Herrera Environmental Consultants, Inc. 2200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100 Seattle, Washington 98121 Telephone: 206-441-9080 AHBL 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1620 Seattle, Washington 98101 CORE GIS 355 Northwest 47th Street Seattle, Washington 98107 March 3, 2016 March 2016 Shoreline Restoration Plan for Lewis County and the Cities of Centralia, Morton and Winlock ii Page intentionally left blank March 2016 Shoreline Restoration Plan for Lewis County and the Cities of Centralia, Morton and Winlock iii CCCONTENTS Contents ..................................................................................................... iv Figures ....................................................................................................... vi Tables ........................................................................................................ vi Limitations ................................................................................................. vii Purpose and Intent ......................................................................................... 1 Restoration ............................................................................................. 1 Protection vs. Restoration .................................................................... 1 Restoration vs. Mitigation ..................................................................... 2 Partnership ............................................................................................. 2 Objectives .............................................................................................. 3 Identification of Restoration Projects ................................................................... 5 Information Sources .................................................................................. 5 Identification of Other Restoration Opportunities ............................................... 5 Overall Coalition Restoration Priorities ................................................................. 7 Nisqually – (WRIA 11) ................................................................................. 7 Overview ........................................................................................ 7 Key Issues ....................................................................................... 7 Restoration Priorities .......................................................................... 8 Deschutes – (WRIA 13) ................................................................................ 9 Overview ........................................................................................ 9 Restoration Priorities and Opportunities .................................................. 10 Upper Chehalis – (WRIA 23) ......................................................................... 11 Overview ....................................................................................... 11 Key Issues ...................................................................................... 12 Basin-Wide Priorities ......................................................................... 12 Restoration Priorities and Opportunities .................................................. 15 Cowlitz – (WRIA 26) .................................................................................. 18 Overview ....................................................................................... 18 Key Issues ...................................................................................... 19 Restoration Priorities – Basin-wide ......................................................... 23 Restoration Priorities – Lower Cowlitz ..................................................... 24 Restoration Priorities and Opportunities – Upper Cowlitz ............................... 28 Restoration Priorities and Opportunities – Toutle ........................................ 31 Additional Restoration Strategies ....................................................................... 32 Education and Incentives: .......................................................................... 32 Infrastructure Investment: .......................................................................... 32 Planning and Coordination: ......................................................................... 33 Potential Partners and Funding for Restoration ...................................................... 34 Chehalis River Basin Land Trust .................................................................... 34 March 2016 Shoreline Restoration Plan for Lewis County and the Cities of Centralia, Morton and Winlock iv Columbia Land Trust ................................................................................. 34 Gifford Pinchot Task Force ......................................................................... 34 Lewis County Conservation District ................................................................ 34 Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group ....................................................... 35 Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board ............................................................. 35 Natural Resources Conservation Service .......................................................... 35 Salmon Recovery Funding Board ................................................................... 36 Tacoma Power ........................................................................................ 36 US Environmental Protection Agency: Region 10 Pacific Northwest .......................... 37 US Fish and Wildlife Service ........................................................................ 38 US Forest Service ..................................................................................... 38 Washington State Department of Ecology ........................................................ 39 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife .................................................... 40 Washington State Parks ............................................................................. 40 Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office ......................................... 40 Western Native Trout Initiative .................................................................... 41 Land Conservation Programs ....................................................................... 41 Implementation and Monitoring ......................................................................... 42 Timelines and Benchmarks ......................................................................... 42 Benchmarks and Evaluation......................................................................... 43 Conclusion .................................................................................................. 44 Data Gaps ................................................................................................... 45 Monitoring Results ................................................................................... 45 Shoreline Armoring ................................................................................... 45 Climate Change ....................................................................................... 46 References ................................................................................................. 47 Appendix A – Potential Nisqually Projects ............................................................. 50 Appendix B – Potential Chehalis Projects .............................................................. 52 Appendix C – Chehalis Basin Culvert Priorities By Subbasin ......................................... 59 Appendix D – Potential Cowlitz Projects ............................................................... 67 March 2016 Shoreline Restoration Plan for Lewis County and the Cities of Centralia, Morton and Winlock v FFFIGURES Figure 1: The Concepts of Mitigation and Restoration in the Shoreline Management Act.......................... 2 Figure 2: Nisqually Basin Water Quality Issues ............................................................................................. 8 Figure 3: Deschutes Basin in Lewis County ................................................................................................. 10 Figure 4: Watershed Management Units in Chehalis River Basin in Lewis County .................................... 11 Figure 5: Water Quality Issues in the Chehalis Basin .................................................................................. 13 Figure 6: Priorities for Watershed Restoration ........................................................................................... 14 Figure 7: Priorities for Restoration for Fish ................................................................................................. 14 Figure 8: Priorities for Culvert Restoration ................................................................................................. 16 Figure 9: Priorities for Off-Channel Habitat Enhancement ........................................................................ 17 Figure 10: Subbasins within the Cowlitz River Watershed ........................................................................